X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,1ab47bde6f51e587 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fe9fa,6f058b3fa1dbfbc0,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfe9fa,public From: balloo@REMOVE.penis.dot.com.dot.net.com (the_mighty_balloo) Subject: Re: Question on Sigs... Date: 1999/05/29 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 483302284 X-Dainty-Ursine-Of-Delight: Jelliebun's Approved: Raoul J. Xemblinosky III, usenet deity pro tempore References: <3740bd0b.12661975@news.inxpress.net> <37472a41.43823324@news.vossnet.net> <374B5830.1031@earthling.net> <374c04ed.7556499@news.vossnet.net> X-Vicious-Ass-Biting: yes X-Archive: until the sun grows cold and dim Summary: More of the same old crap X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news.rdc1.bc.wave.home.com 927937031 24.113.23.97 (Fri, 28 May 1999 17:17:11 PDT) Organization: Metatron Corp., for your future X-Knight-Of-The-Ancient-Garter-Of-Romath: Yeah, okay Keywords: Flonk NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 17:17:11 PDT Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk X-Awarded: Order of the Greasy Sombrero zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz escribi� en art�culo: � ..----- On Wed, 26 May 1999 04:10:56 +0200, Veronica Karlsson posted: � | � |Well, that just _looks bad_ in long threads. Also it is a bit confusing. � |For example, if I know that one specific person uses one specific � |character or character combination (other than ">" or "> ") for quoting � |then I tend to associate that combination with that person. The � |confusing thing about this is that the quoted text is specifically _not_ � |written by that person. I use the smallest possible character still visible, the cedilla, as my attribution mark. Whenever I see it in a thread, I know that I've chosen to quote someone. The only problem with it is that there are some character sets that do no display the cedilla, and when it's quoted by someone using a non latin-1 charset it ends up as some ugly hexidecimal notation. � |A plain ">" (or "> ") is much easier to read, � |IMO (also, my news reader uses a different colour for lines beginning � |with a '>', but not for lines beginning with, e.g. ":" or "++"). � | � '--------------------------- � � Or |, ' and . I assume ? You can set many newsreaders to recognize any number of character combinations as quote markers, and the freeware NewsXpress that I'm using at the moment (the linux box went down with a bang) highlights the "|" symbol automatically. When I get the new linux box (ha ha it's still a P90) online, I'll see if I can write a slang macro to remove the spaces before the common quote markers. It's not really ascii art, but I love the look of a long cascade of nonsequiturs rolling down the page, and I hate to see the pattern ruined by line breaks. I'll take a few moments to think up a reply, then spend a couple of minutes reformatting the previous responses so that the cascade is neat and all the attributes are clearly defined. My wife has suggested I do some research into "obsessive compulsive disorder" and I don't know why... -- 88888888888 888 888 888 888 888 888 88888b. .d88b. 888 888 "88b d8P Y8b 888 888 888 88888888 888 888 888 Y8b. . 888b788 d88888 888 "Y88P888 888 8888b d8888 d8b 888 888 88888b.d88888 ^Y^ 888 888 888Y88888P888 888 .d88b. 88888b. 888888 888 888 888 Y888P 888 888 d88P"88b 888 "88b 888 888 888 888 Y8P 888 888 888 888 888 888 888 888 888 888 " 888 888 Y88b 888 888 888 Y88b. Y88b 888 888 888 888 "Y88888 888 888 "Y888 "Y88888 888888b. 888 888 888 "88b Y8b d88P Y8b d88P 888 .88P "888^888 "Y88P" 8888888K. 8888b. 888 888 .d88b. .d88b. 888 "Y88b "88b 888 888 d88""88b d88""88b 888 888 .d888888 888 888 888 888 888 888 888 d88P 888 888 888 888 Y88..88P Y88..88P 8888888P" "Y888888 888 888 "Y88P" "Y88P" benjamin d. capoeman mhm15x1 b@lloo.at.REMOVE.penis.dot.com